Choose to Believe

I remember when I first chose this subject I was in the midst of choosing to believe what I knew about the gospel.  I knew what I wanted to do but I feared most of what I understood.  With help of others (Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, family and friends), General Conference talks, the scriptures I was able to choose what path I really wanted to do.   I was beginning to not be so lost and in a dark place.  It really is our choice to follow where we want to.  To be happy, we need to follow Jesus Christ and His teachings.  He can help us in so many ways that we won’t always understand but will be grateful for the direction we choose to go towards.  “There are times when we have to step into the darkness in faith, confident that God will place solid ground beneath our feet once we do” (Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “The Why of Priesthood Service”, Ensign May 2012, 59).

 

"....if you want to give a light to others, you have to glow yourself." Thomas S. Monson, April 1999 General Conference "For I Was Blind, but Now I See"
 
"...doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith." Deiter F. Uchtdorf, October 2013 General Conference "Come, Join with Us"

"I testify that how we choose to feel and think and act every day is the way we get on the path, and stay on it, until we reach our eternal destination." Robert D. Hales, April 2006 General Conference
"To Act for Ourselves: The Gift and Blessings of Agency"

"Hard as things seem today, they will be better in the next day if you choose to serve the Lord this day with your whole heart." Henry B. Eyring, April 2007 General Conference "This Day"

"....faith can begin with “no more than [a] desire to believe” if we will “let this desire work in [us]” (Alma 32:27)..."  Dallin H. Oaks, April 2011 General Conference "Desire"

"We are infinitely more than our limitations or our afflictions!" Jeffrey R. Holland, October 2013 General Conference "Like a Broken Vessel"

"We must choose whom to follow." Boyd K. Packer, April 2014 General Conference "The Witness"


"...live your life to be a good example of what you believe—in..."  Robert D. Hales, April 2015 General Conference "Preserving Agency, Protecting Religious Freedom"

 "Don’t you quit. You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead.." Jeffrey R. Holland, October 1999 General Conference "An High Priest of Good Things to Come"

"I witnessed that it is not sufficient that we should treasure the Book of Mormon, nor that we testify that it is of God. We must know its truths, incorporate them into our lives, and share them with others. I felt an overwhelming love for the people and an urgent desire that all would comprehend the value of the Book of Mormon." Richard G. Soott, October 1988 General Conference, "True Friends That Lift"